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Should You Follow the New Screening Guidelines for Prostate Cancer?
On October 7, 2011, The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published a draft of guidelines recommending against routine screening of men for prostate cancer. Evaluating evidence of benefits and harms of prostate screening in men younger than 75 years of age, the task force recommended ...
- Monday, November 14th, 2011
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National Proton Therapy Leader Selected as Director of Scripps Proton Therapy Center
Dr. Carl J. Rossi, Jr. has joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group (SCMG) as medical director of the Scripps Proton Therapy Center, a $220 million cancer treatment and research facility being built in the Carroll Canyon area of Mira Mesa that is expected to open in spring 2013. Before joining Scripps, ...
- Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
- Scripps Clinic
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San Diego’s First Cyclotron Installed Oct. 28 at Scripps Proton Therapy Center
San Diego — Cancer care in San Diego County took a major step forward today with the start of installation of the region’s first cyclotron, a remarkable piece of medical equipment that will be the driving force behind the Scripps Proton Therapy Center, and one of only a small handful of such ...
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Scripps in the News
Targeting Bladder Cancer With Robotic Surgery
Steve Jamison turned to Carol Salem, medical director of Scripps Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Program, to discuss treatment options when he faced a diagnosis of bladder cancer. Robotic surgery allowed Dr. Salem to remove the diseased organ and create a new bladder from a section of intestine, ...
- Thursday, October 27th, 2011
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Scripps Responds to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s Recently Published Guidelines for Prostate Cancer Screening
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently published guidelines recommending against routine screening of men for prostate cancer. The task force said: “The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate ...
- Monday, October 17th, 2011
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Encinitas Girl Scouts Deliver 100 Handmade Pillows to Comfort Scripps Cancer Patients
A dozen Encinitas Girl Scouts from Troops 1359 and 1650 who are striving to earn their Silver Award — the second-highest honor that the scouts bestow — paid a heartfelt visit to Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Sept. 22. The girls delivered 100 pillows they crafted by hand to help ...
- Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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Circle of Life 100 Celebration: Raises $200,000 to Benefit Breast Cancer
World-class wines and delicious food tastings delighted guests at the Sept. 8, 2011, Circle of Life 100 Celebration: Wine, Women & Shoes, which helped raise more than $200,000 to support women’s diagnostic imaging technology at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. More than 300 guests leisurely ...
- Friday, September 23rd, 2011
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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Scripps Radiation Therapy Center Reaches Topping Out Milestone
Construction work on San Diego’s latest cancer treatment facility has reached a milestone with the topping out of structural steel work at the Scripps Radiation Therapy Center on the Torrey Pines Mesa in La Jolla. The 41,000-square-foot center, which broke ground last spring, is being built on an ...
- Monday, September 19th, 2011
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Scripps & Sanford-Burnham Announce Collaboration on Cancer Treatments
Scripps Health and Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have formed a collaboration to bridge the gap between laboratory scientists uncovering new approaches for treating cancer and the physicians caring for patients with cancer. Basic medical research often struggles to ...
- Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
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Tips to Transform Cancer Stress into Strength is Focus of Free Event
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine will offer a free community presentation Tuesday, Sept. 20 to help cancer patients and their families and friends cope with emotional and physical hardships and transform their stress into strength. Led by the center’s founder and medical director, Dr. Mimi ...
- Monday, August 29th, 2011